Road-cart



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o. s. BEEBB. ROAD CART.

277. Patented Jan. 22, 1884.

" messes J f UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

CHARLES S. BEEBE, on RACINE, WISCONSIN.

RoAn- CART.

E:PIECIFICA'IION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 292,277, dated January 22, 1884.

Application filed August 15, 1883.

device will be fully ,described hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure l :is-'a side eleva'- tion of my improved road-cart. Fig. 2 is a bottom view. Fig. 3 is a detail, and Fig. 4 a modication.

A is thebody, B the side bars, G the springs, and D the shafts. The front ends of the Springs C are secured to the cross-bar o of the shafts by bolts d, and may be raised or lowered to level the body by the nut d', while any vertical play of the bolts d is prevented by cap-plates di, that are bolted to the upper side of the cross-bar. The rear ends of the springs rest on the axle. The front ends of the side bars are clipped to the springs C just forward of their centers, and the rear portions of vthe side bars are connected by rods E E', that swing from armsFF, respectively, while these arms straddle the side lbars and hang from their upper sides,and upon the rods E E' I rest the body A. vThe rod E works in bear# ings near the center of the body and forward of the axle, and rod Ehas its bearings in the rear of the body, and the arms F F are hung from the side bar at a greater distance apart than that between the rods E and E', this difference being such that when the body is hung the lower ends of the arms F will point to the center of the axle from in front of it, andthe lower ends of the arms F will point to the (No model.)

same center from its rear. Now, therefore, as the motion of the horse has a tendency to cause the body to vibrate-on an arc of the circle having aixed center, which is in this case the axle, the arms F F', drawing from opposite sides of this center by opposing each other, `have the effect, of steadying the body between them. y

Ihe arms F F' may be made either double, as shown in the drawings, or in the form of cranks, and may have their bearing either diu rectly upon the side bars or in o r on springs secured to the side bars.

To prevent jarring from the side motion'ot' the body,rubber washers G may vbe interposed between arms F F and the body.

Having thus described myinvention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv l. In a road-cart, side bars supportedv at their front ends by springs, in combination with the body suspended therefrom by arms that point toward the center of the axle from opposite sides thereof, and rods passing transversely under the body, as set forth.

2. 'The side bars, supported as described, in combination with they body, arms F F', de-

pending from the side bars on opposite sides of the'axle, and pointing toward the center thereof, rods E E', shafts-D, and the axle, as v set forth. Y v

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand on this 6th day of August, 1883, in t-he presence of two witnesses.

GH ARLES `S. BEEBE. 

